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Pulp Painting
Ebb Tide
Pulp painting on Gampi, Nepalese style (2012)
19 x 16 inches
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This is an abstract piece suggestive of an outgoing tide. The basic sheet was formed by pouring gampi pulp into a floating mould in the Nepalese style. Colored cotton fibers were then added to 'paint' the image.
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The Four Seasons
quadtych of pulp paintings, on kozo (2012)
Each panel is 20 x 32 inches
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This piece depicts the four seasons. Kozo sheets were pulled with a sugeta, in the Japanese style, then 'painted' with mitsumata, cotton and hand beaten kozo fibers. Natural plant ephemera was added, held in place by the dried fibers. Each panel is unique. Edition of four. |
Wrightsville Beach
pulp painting, on kozo (2012)
20 x 32 inches
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Kozo sheets were pulled with a sugeta, in the Japanese style, then 'painted' with cotton, abaca and kozo fibers. Natural plant ephemera from Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, was added, held in place by the dried fibers. Edition of two. |
The Garden
pulp painting, on kozo (2012)
20 x 32 inches
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Kozo sheets were pulled with a sugeta, in the Japanese style, then 'painted' with cotton, abaca and kozo fibers. Natural plant ephemera from a garden in Wilmington, North Carolina, was added, held in place by the dried fibers. Edition of two. |
Winter Fern
pulp painting, on kozo (2014)
20 x 32 inches
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Kozo sheets were pulled with a sugeta, in the Japanese style, then 'painted' with cotton and kozo fibers. Natural plant ephemera was added, held in place by the dried fibers. Edition of three. |
Carolina
pulp painting, on cord grass (2015)
20 x 32 inches
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Salt marsh cord grass (Spartina alterniflora) sheets were pulled with a sugeta, in the Japanese style, then 'painted' with cotton and southern sweet grass (Muhlenbergia filipes) fibers. Natural plant ephemera gathered from the salt marsh at Knowles Island, South Carolina, was added, held in place by the dried fibers. Edition of six. |
Bearded Wheat
pulp painting, on kozo (2016)
20 x 32 inches
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Kozo sheets were pulled with a sugeta, in the Japanese style, then 'painted' with cotton and kozo fibers. Natural plant ephemera gathered from the Brightly farm in northern New York was added, held in place by the dried fibers. Edition of four. |
Wedding Bouquet
pulp painting, on eucalyptus and roses (2018)
12 x 12 inches
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Sheets of eucalyptus and rose paper were pulled in the western style, then 'painted' with abaca fibers. Natural plant ephemera from the bride's wedding bouquet was added. The wedding invitation is embedded on the reverse. |
Ann's Flowers
pulp painting, on fern and hosta (2018)
12 x 18 inches
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Sheets of fern and hosta paper were pulled in the western style, then 'painted' with abaca fibers. Natural plant ephemera from an arrangement dedicated to the groom's mother was added. The wedding program is embedded on the reverse. |
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